Struggling Bruins unplug for a day

Steve Conroy Monday, February 20, 2012

Aside from their travel to St. Louis, coach Claude Julien has given his struggling players, losers of their last two games, the day off.

“When you're not winning, you think practicing more will solve the problems. But yet I sense there's a lot of weight on their shoulders right now. You can feel it. It's heavy,” said Julien before the B's loaded up the bus at the St. Paul Hotel.

The B's do not play until Wednesday, when the take on a very tough St. Louis Blues team that has become the stingiest in the league (1.88 goals against) under coach Ken Hitchcock. Not exactly the squad the B's would want to play right now if they had a choice. The B's hhave been shut out four times in their last nine games.

“If we go into that game with the same kind of weight we have on our shoulders lately, it might be a tough night,” Julien said. “Somehow we’ve got to take that weight off our shoulders, just go out there and play, and give it all you’ve got. You might be surprised at what you can come out with. Sometimes a good opponent and going out there with that attitude can make a lot of good things happen.”

The B's somehow have to positive at a time when it would be much easier to grab hold of frustration.

“It's tough, but you've just get to keep going, believe in yourself, believe in your teammates and believe in your team and eventually things are going to turn and things are going to go my way again,” said David Krejci, who has one goal in nine games. “Me and the team are going through tough times right now. But we've been talking about it and we're trying to make it work again. It's not easy. But our effort is there lately, but we can't find a way to put the puck in the net. But I'm sure things are going to turn around and everyone's going to play well again.”